Publications by authors named "K Merritt"
Patients, not physicians, should decide if DPYD screening is right for them before FU/Xeloda chemotherapy.
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- - Increased head circumference is a common finding in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), beginning at birth and continuing into adolescence, indicating differences in brain development.
- - A study compared head sizes of children diagnosed with ASD, those with elevated autistic traits, and typical controls, finding that ASD children consistently had larger head sizes, especially if they also had cognitive learning needs.
- - In contrast, children with elevated autistic traits showed smaller head circumferences, highlighting that those with a formal ASD diagnosis have a distinct growth pattern compared to those without clinical symptoms.
The psychosis spectrum encompasses a heterogeneous range of clinical conditions associated with abnormal brain development. Detecting patterns of atypical neuroanatomical maturation across psychiatric disorders requires an interpretable metric standardized by age-, sex- and site-effect. The molecular and micro-architectural attributes that account for these deviations in brain structure from typical neurodevelopment are still unknown.
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- Robust evidence exists identifying both risk and protective factors for psychosis, which can guide preventive measures.
- This review examines 25 key environmental risk factors and their connections to biological mechanisms that may lead to psychotic symptoms.
- The findings highlight future research needs, including understanding interactions among factors, timing and dynamics of risk, and standardizing how these factors are measured.
Cryptophytes are known to vary widely in coloration among species. These differences in color arise primarily from the presence of phycobiliprotein accessory pigments. There are nine defined cryptophyte phycobiliprotein (Cr-PBP) types, named for their wavelength of maximal absorbance.
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